'Beldam' definitions:
Definition of 'beldam'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Beldam'
From: GCIDE
- Beldam \Bel"dam\ Beldame \Bel"dame\, n. [Pref. bel-, denoting relationship + dame mother: cf. F. belledame fair lady, It. belladonna. See Belle, and Dame.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. [1913 Webster]
- To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
- Syn: hag, beldam, witch, crone. [1913 Webster]
- Around the beldam all erect they hang. --Akenside. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beldam'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bag,
- bat,
- battle-ax,
- beast,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- biddy,
- bitch,
- bitch-kitty,
- bomber,
- brute,
- cat,
- common scold,
- crone,
- dame,
- demon,
- devil,
- dowager,
- drab,
- dragon,
- fiend,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- fishwife,
- frump,
- fury,
- gammer,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- grandam,
- grandmother,
- granny,
- grimalkin,
- gunsel,
- hag,
- hardnose,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhag,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- incendiary,
- Jezebel,
- killer,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- monster,
- mugger,
- old battle-ax,
- old dame,
- old girl,
- old granny,
- old lady,
- old trot,
- old wife,
- old woman,
- rapist,
- revolutionary,
- savage,
- scold,
- she-devil,
- she-wolf,
- shrew,
- siren,
- spitfire,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- trot,
- ugly customer,
- violent,
- virago,
- vixen,
- war-horse,
- wild beast,
- wildcat,
- witch,
- wolf,
- Young Turk